"In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on." – Pythagoras
“In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.” – Pythagoras
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another." – Madonna
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” – Madonna
"I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." – John Wayne
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and …
"Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." – Isaac Asimov
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” – Isaac Asimov
"Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward." – Henry Ford
“Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built …
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die." – H. P Lovecraft
“That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die.” – H. P Lovecraft
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground" – Dante Alighieri
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground” – Dante Alighieri
"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast." – Charles Dickens
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – Charles Dickens
"That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, …
"couldn’t find anyone out of the 12 million people in Illinois to run against me." – Barack Obama
“couldn’t find anyone out of the 12 million people in Illinois to run against me.” – Barack Obama
"Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure–all the more intense for being held tightly in–his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours." – Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure–all the more intense for being held tightly in–his consistent view that every …
"As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger." – Akhenaton
“As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.” – Akhenaton
"Play fair. Don’t hit people. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody." – Robert Fulghum
“Play fair. Don’t hit people. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.” – Robert Fulghum
"No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself." – Pythagoras
“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.” – Pythagoras
"In my country we go to prison first and then become President." – Nelson Mandela
“In my country we go to prison first and then become President.” – Nelson Mandela
"I just realized that nothing is what it seems." – Madonna
“I just realized that nothing is what it seems.” – Madonna
"A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do" – John Wayne
“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do” – John Wayne
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself." – Isaac Asimov
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one …
"This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." – Isaac Newton
“This most beautiful system could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” – Isaac Newton
"Where the senses fail us, reason must step in." – Galileo Galilei
“Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.” – Galileo Galilei
"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream" – Edgar Allan Poe
“All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream” – Edgar Allan Poe
"You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man’s bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man’s stairs." – Dante Alighieri
“You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man’s bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man’s stairs.” …
"To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart." – Charles Dickens
“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened …
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." – Buddha
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. …
"It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." – Bruce Lee
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” – Bruce Lee
"Three months is a lifetime in politics," – Barack Obama
“Three months is a lifetime in politics,” – Barack Obama
"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred” – Arthur …
"inclined to think" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“inclined to think” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Several excuses are always less convincing than one." – Aldous Huxley
“Several excuses are always less convincing than one.” – Aldous Huxley
"True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance." – Akhenaton
“True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth …
"Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be… those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes… those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober — minded men." – Socrates
“Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in …
"To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence hollering, ”What’s it for?”" – Robert Fulghum
“To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence hollering, ”What’s it for?”” – Robert Fulghum
"Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?" – Nelson Mandela
“Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the …
"Music! Makes the people! Come together!" – Madonna
“Music! Makes the people! Come together!” – Madonna